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NA deputies suggest greater attention to ethnic minority-inhabited, mountainous areas

Greater attention should be paid to ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas while designing socio-economic development plans in the future to ensure no one is left behind, many deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) have suggested.
NA deputies suggest greater attention to ethnic minority-inhabited, mountainous areas ảnh 1Illustrative image (Source: baochinhphu.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Greater attention should be paid toethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas while designing socio-economicdevelopment plans in the future to ensure no one is left behind, many deputiesto the 15th National Assembly (NA) have suggested.

It is necessary to choose urgent projects in the areas tofocus investment on, they said during the NA discussion on November 8, the second stage of the 15th NA's secondsession.

Deputy Nguyen Thi Xuan of Dak Lakprovince said that the Government should allocate more resources in 2022 andfollowing years to make breakthroughs in socio-economic development in theareas. This will help narrow down the development gaps among regions, whilestrengthening the people-based defence and security in strategic areas, she held.

NA deputies suggest greater attention to ethnic minority-inhabited, mountainous areas ảnh 2NA deputy Doan Thi Hao of Thai Nguyen province. (Photo: VNA)
Meanwhile, deputy Doan Thi Hao of Thai Nguyen province noted that localresidents in many areas of strategic important are still facing grave difficulties in their daily life. Sheproposed that in the socio-economic development plan for 2022, the NA andGovernment should increase investment in socio-economic development in those areas, including support from the State budget, and speed up the disbursement of public investment.

According to Hao, it is crucial to identify critical projects in those areas and give them priority in investment. She cited as example projects to deal with the shortage of land forhousing and farming, and fundamental infrastructuresystem serving production and daily activities of people from ethnic minoritygroups and mountainous areas.

NA deputies suggest greater attention to ethnic minority-inhabited, mountainous areas ảnh 3An overview of the session. (Photo: VNA)
At the same time, Pham Trong Nghia, a deputy of Lang Sonprovince asked the NA to consider special policies and solutions for ethnic groups and mountainous areas, and combine them with general policies on ethnic minority and mountainous affairs during the making of socio-economic plans for 2022 as well as the national economic restructuringscheme in the 2021-2025 period./.


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